Register Now

In order to be able to post messages on the SailNet Community forums, you must first register. Please enter your desired user name, your email address and other required details in the form below.Please note: After entering 3 characters a list of Usernames already in use will appear and the list will disappear once a valid Username is entered.

User Name:

Password

Please enter a password for your user account. Note that passwords are case-sensitive.

Password:

Confirm Password:

Email Address

Please enter a valid email address for yourself.

Email Address:

OR

Log-in

User Name

Password

Remember Me?

Human Verification

In order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic.

Additional Options

Miscellaneous Options

Automatically parse links in text

Automatically embed media (requires automatic parsing of links in text to be on).

Automatically retrieve titles from external links

Click here to view the posting rules you are bound to when clicking the'Submit Reply' button below

Topic Review (Newest First)

10-16-2012 09:02 PM

dongreerps

Re: Sail Simulator game/training

do you know why you can't learn sailing from a book? The room doesn't rock

Do you know why you cannot learn surgery from a book? - The pages don't bleed.

Do not know before he is a surgeon, he has to do well in MCAT, pass his Anatomy class, study human physiology, internal medicine, clinical pharmcology and etc. There are lot of books. Then He has to watch in distance before he can pick up the scalpel.

Have you thought about that?

10-16-2012 07:49 PM

dongreerps

Re: Sail Simulator game/training

Do you know why you cannot learn surgery from a book? - The pages don't bleed.

10-16-2012 05:13 PM

tap

Re: Sail Simulator game/training

sailx is a rules and tactics simulator. It doesn't addess things like sail trim at all. But for rules it's great. Play sailx for a couple months and you'll know the rules better than almost anyone you sail against.

There's an app call "Little Sailor". It's a fun time killer but
the rules of racing don't apply.

Have you seen sailx.com? Racing sim and it's free.

Hadn't heard of Sailx, much thanks!

10-16-2012 03:31 PM

azguy

Re: Sail Simulator game/training

I'm surprised the major gaming companies have not come out with an America's Cup game in light of the upcoming races...??

10-15-2012 08:34 PM

rockDAWG

Re: Sail Simulator game/training

Thanks. Does it have telltales in multiple locations that on the main and job that you can play with against the speed.

It would be super like if we can play with draft and and twist etc. Such games will really help to reinforce my understanding. It is so impossible to experiment in real life when the all the conditions are changing all the time.

10-15-2012 07:51 PM

Squidd

Re: Sail Simulator game/training

This one is kind of a learning experiance, not as deep as you asked for but has trims, rudder and wind direction...